Sat, Mar 07
|The Baltimore Convention Center
Torch at AWP Baltimore
Stop by the Torch Booth #1264 at the Associated Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference!
Time & Location
Mar 07, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
About the event
Join Torch Literary Arts at the 2026 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference!
Booth 1264
Meet the Torch Team and learn more about our signature programs that amplify and support Black women writers.
Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to publish and promote creative writing by Black women. We publish contemporary writing by experienced and emerging writers alike. Torch has featured work by Colleen J. McElroy, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Elizabeth Alexander, and others. Programs include the Wildfire Reading Series, writing workshops, and retreats.
This event is made possible with support from the City of Austin, the Burdine Johnson Foundation, the Poetry Foundation, the Austin Community Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.